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Scientific Name | Ornithogalum perdurans A.P.Dold & S.A.Hammer |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | HYACINTHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2006/11/12 |
Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor & R.C. Turner |
Justification | Known from a small area close to Grahamstown, from two locations. Potentially threatened by agricultural activities, especially livestock grazing and trampling. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape |
Range | Kommadagga to Grahamstown. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Saltaire Karroid Thicket |
Description | Shallow, nutrient poor silcrete remnants overlying kaolinized bedrock or on shales, siltstones and sandstones. |
Threats |
| This species is potentially threatened by agricultural activities, especially livestock grazing and trampling. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ornithogalum perdurans A.P.Dold & S.A.Hammer | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Dold, A.P. and Hammer, S.A. 2003. A new species of Ornithogalum from Eastern Cape, South Africa. Bothalia 33(1):112-115.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Victor, J.E. and Dold, A.P. 2003. Threatened plants of the Albany Centre of Floristic Endemism, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 99:437-446.
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Citation |
| Victor, J.E. & Turner, R.C. 2006. Ornithogalum perdurans A.P.Dold & S.A.Hammer. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/18 |
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